School Year 2016-17

*All meetings 8:30 am-2:30 pm unless otherwise noted*

| September 14, 2016 - Welcome Back, Coaching Conversations, Planning for the Year | October 20, 2016 - Action Planning, Building Collaborative Relationships | November 22, 2016 - Planning Professional Development | December 14, 2016 - Mini PLO - Bring a Gift of Knowledge to Share | January 11, 2017 - Adult Learning & Reflection | February 9, 2017 - "D" of BDA Cycle | March 16, 2017 - Mini PLO | April 19, 2017 - Assessment | May 11, 2017 - Coaching Teachers in Culturally Responsive Teaching for ELL and Special Education Students

September 14, 2016 - Welcome Back, Coaching Conversations, Planning for the Year

(ROGERS Room)

8:30-9:00am Networking
9:00-9:10am Welcome/Intros
9:10-9:20am Icebreaker
9:20-10:00am Conversation/Listening
Role-play conversation

Continuum of Coaching Conversations - handout/discuss/activity

10:00-10:10 BREAK
10:10-10:45 www.versoapp.com Class code: R6EEKQ (3-2-1 and Give One, Get One)
Link to full webinar:
http://www.learningsciences.com/recorded-webinars/
10:45-11:30 Coaching Endorsement/Planning this year's workshops

11:30-12:45pmLUNCH
12:45-1:15 TPACK Game and ISTE Student Standards 2016
1:15-2:30 Resources (RAC Room/Lending Library)

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October 20, 2016 - Action Planning, Building Collaborative Relationships

(ROGERS Room)

8:30-9:00 Networking
9:00-9:30 Goal setting & Action Planning (Heather Moschetta)

• __PEERS Goals - Jim Knight__
• PIIC Goal setting form (handout)
• __Levels of Intensity - Rita Bean__

9:30-10:00 How do we get teachers to collaborate with us? (Chris Cherry)

• Collins I Writing: In 5 lines, describe a portion of your coaching that you think you perform well or a way you feel you are effective.
• Jim Knight article “__What Good Coaches Do__”
• 3-2-1 reflections from the article

10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:45 How can we use protocols to support collaboration? (Heather Herger & Jen Schrecengost)

• Jigsaw activity to learn about the 7 Student Work/Problem Solving Protocols
• Work in groups to complete the Protocol Matching Activity
• Zones of Comfort, Risk and Danger: Constructing Your Zone Map
• Consultancy Protocol
  • *All resources from School Reform Initiative website

11:45-12:00 How do we get teachers to collaborate with each other? (Heather Moschetta)

• Role-alike subgroups (math coaches, tech coaches, lit coaches) to discuss and chart effective practices in building teacher collaboration.

12:00-1:15 lunch
1:15-1:45 How do we incorporate collaboration with administrators? (Mike Bothwell)

• Individual read (5 min) Principal-Coach Partnership Agreements (pages 4-5 of __this document__). 5min discuss with table and fill out Google Doc with 3 best coach or principal questions and 3 Table would like to ask/have asked. 5min whole group discussion of which questions are most pertinent to creating a positive principal-coach relationship
• __Coach-Principal Relationship__ - Each table gets a “Lesson” (1-4, 6, 7). 10min read. 10min discussion at table. 5-10min reflection/summary of lesson and how it can improve admin-coach relationship.

1:45-2:15 Sandbox

• What now? Time for coaches to collaborate and plan a “take-away” - a PD session, a PLC idea, a meeting, a BDA cycle, etc. to apply the concepts from today’s workshop to your practice
• Planning/collaboration for future coaches' workshops

2:15-2:30 Reflection

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November 22, 2016 - Planning Professional Development

(ROGERS Room)

AM
8:30-9:00 Arrival, networking
9:00-9:15 Review coach's role in PD as indicated in PDE's coaching framework
9:15-9:20 Overview of morning activities - Rotate through 4 stations to collaborate and share effective practices in planning and delivering PD. Session topics: hybrid, small group, full staff, resource sharing.
Facilitators will use this Google Doc to record ideas:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/14unUJuoZGIH77oFpOcW78wM0vhh6L9P3JyAC46soCL4/edit

9:20-9:40 Session 1
9:40-10:00 Session 2
10:00-10:15 Break
10:20-10:40 Session 3
10:40-11:00 Session 4
11:00-11:15 Debrief morning sessions

11:15-12:30 Lunch

PM
12:30-12:45 set up/organize Edcamp sessions
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr7teMAk-hA&feature=youtu.be

EdCamp www.youtube.com Edcamp is free, democratic, participant-driven professional development for K-12 educators worldwide. Edcamps are: • free • non-commercial and conducted with a ...

Google Form for EdCamp Sessions:

https://goo.gl/forms/fkyANcwV1pdtN71w2
12:45-1:45 Edcamp
1:45-2:30 Creative playground/planning for future sessions

• What now? Time for coaches to collaborate and plan a “take-away” - a PD session, a PLC idea, a meeting, a BDA cycle, etc. to apply the concepts from today’s workshop to your practice
• Planning/collaboration for future coaches' workshops

ISTE Student Standards (PDF)

ISTE Student Standards Toolkit

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December 14, 2016 - Mini PLO - Bring a Gift of Knowledge to Share

(McGuffey Room)

8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking
9:00-9:15 Caileigh Lynn McDowell Foundation Kindness Movement – Lori McDowell
9:15-9:30 Agenda overview; Open Spaces/Birds of a Feather topic ideas
9:30-10:00 Session 1
10:05-10:35 Session 2
10:35-10:50 Break
10:50-11:20 Session 3
11:20-12:00 Session 4
12:00-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:45 Full group session: Historic Pittsburgh
1:45-1:50 Open Spaces/Birds of a Feather Topic review
1:50-2:20 Open Spaces/Birds of a Feather
2:20-2:30 Reflection/Exit Ticket

Session	Table 1	Table 2	Table 3	Table 4	Table 5
1	Coaching Teachers in Teaching Nonfiction Text Erica Guadalupe Dana Oliver	Digital ePortfolios Jody Kokladas	Circuitry for the Holidays Charles Youngs	Modeling an iLearn: The Power of Listening & Questioning Heather Moschetta
2	Coaching Conversations Around Nonfiction Text: BCIT Heather Moschetta Tony Gentile	Coaching Conversations Around Nonfiction Text: World Lang. Erica Guadalupe Dana Oliver	Coaching Conversations Around Nonfiction Text: CTE Lauren Baier Chris Cherry	Coaching Conversations Around Nonfiction Text: The Arts Jodi Geyer Jen Schrecengost
3	What About Words? Coaching for Academic Vocabulary Lauren Baier	Creating Your Coaching Utopia Jodi Geyer Jen Schrecengost	SAMR model in instructional planning with tech Carol Persin	Kodable and Bee Bots for Coding with Younger Students Sue Lewis
4	Teacher Leadership: Coaching for Change Tony Gentile	Hybrid Learning: Station Rotation Model Chris Cherry	See Saw Digital Portfolios for Elementary Students Debbie Kritikos	Puzzlets/Osmo Kevin Conner

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January 11, 2017 - Adult Learning & Reflection

(ROGERS Room)

8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking

Adult Learning Resources from PIIC PLO presentation:
Click here and find resources for presentation titled "Adults are Different: Meeting the Needs of Adult Learners"

9:00-9:15 Please Do Now:
"Teacher Agency" collaborative annotation
Adult learning 3-2-1

9:20-11:30 Hybrid Learning-Station Rotation, adult learning
Station Rotation Agenda

• Station 1: 9:20-9:55
• Station 2: 10:00-10:35
• Break: 10:35-10:50
• Station 3: 10:55-11:30

Link needed for collaborative station:	Links needed for independent station
Article:	Article Video Nearpod enter code QVFDP

:Adult Learning Scenarios (please see below for the easel pages from each group)
2 hour session



11:30-11:45 Debrief

11:45-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Modeled adult learning activities

1:30-2:30 Creative playground/sandbox

• February group: work on planning for February meeting
• Use this time to apply the concepts from today's workshop to plan an upcoming PD session or BDA cycle with a teacher
• ISTE Teacher standards - feedback
  • The first draft of the 2017 ISTE Standards for Teachers is open for comment. As with last year’s refresh of the ISTE Standards for Students, ISTE is looking to engage thousands of educators from around the globe in the refresh process.
    Use the refresh toolkit, participate in the survey and share the survey in your networks.
    By sharing your thoughts, you can help shape the future of education!
  • First Draft - ISTE Teacher Standards 2017
  • Support Resources - ISTE Teacher Standards Refresh 2017

  • ISTE Student Standards 2016 "Orbit" graphic

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February 9, 2017 - "D" of BDA Cycle

(ROGERS Room)

8:30-9:00 arrival, sign in, networking
Announcements:

• Promoting: John Collins at Cornell: http://collinsed.com/PDFs/cornell-sd-pittsburgh-3-ess-assign3-12.pdf
• Promoting: Stop Frame Animation in ELA: http://centerforcreativity.net/event/stop-frame-animation-in-the-k-5-ela-classroom/
• Next month's meeting: March 16 = mini-PLO

9:00-9:15 Ice breaker: four corners - How do I feel during the During?
9:15-9:45 “Heads Up” vocabulary matching Activity
9:45-9:55 Refresh the BDA cycle
9:55-10:20 Handouts for the “During” and discussion. 9:55-10:20
10:20-10:35 BREAK
10:35 - 11:30 VIDEO CRITIQUE

• Video segment 1-- Before/Modeling
• Video segment 2--Co-teaching
• Video segment 3--Data Collection
• “After” segment 4

11:30-11:40 Revisit the Four Corners Activity - How do I feel about the During now?
11:40-11:45 Morning debrief
Documents to support the morning sessions








"During" Visit:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6fGnEaKfT62OFhTaDhnbHZES1U/view?ts=5899d9e3

11:45-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30
1:30-2:30 Creative playground: time to collaborate and plan a “take-away” - a PD session, a PLC idea, a meeting, a BDA cycle, etc. to apply the concepts from today’s workshop to your practice
EXIT TICKET EVALUATION

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March 16, 2017 - Mini PLO

(IMS Room)

8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking
9:00-9:15 Announcements, agenda overview
9:15-10:00 Full group session: 5 Sites With High-Quality Informational Text
- Assign one site to each table group. Explore your assigned site: features, texts, functionality. Record your reflections on Padlet.
- Discuss with table groups and record ideas on sticky notes to post on chart paper:

1. What is your teachers' level of familiarity with each site?
2. How would you introduce these sites to teachers who are not familiar?
3. How would you (or how do you already) use these resources to coach teachers to increase the amount of informational text in their classes?
4. What is the role of each "kind" of coach (math, tech, literacy, instructional) in coaching teachers in their use of informational text?

- Gallery walk, debrief
10:00-10:30 Session 1
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:15 Session 2
11:20-11:50 Session 3
11:50-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Session 4
1:30-2:15 Open Spaces/Birds of a Feather/April planning team work time
2:15-2:30 Reflection/Exit Ticket

Session	Table 1	Table 2	Table 3	Table 4
1	College and Career Ready: Coaching Teachers to Prepare Students for What’s Next Tony Gentile	Overcoming Coaching Obstacles (Headbanz) Heather Moschetta	Digital Student Portfolios with Seesaw Missy Karkowsky
2	UGL+You bit.do/ugl Kevin Conner	How to Formalize Coaching Cycles in Your School Joanne Krett	Math and Science Webtool Jordan Cotten
3	Hybrid Learning – Station Rotation Model Jordan Cotten	TDA Blitz Heather Herger Jen Schrecengost	Coaching Digital Literacy Dana Oliver
4	Sketchnote to Increase Student Retention Charles Youngs	Facilitating Small Group Discussions Erica Guadalupe Shannon Roos	Interdisciplinary Micro Unit Jodi Geyer

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April 19, 2017 - Assessment

(IMS Room)

8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking
9:00-9:10 Announcements, agenda overview

• PIIC update
• Book study
• Promoting:Fake News Online Professional Development
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9:10-9:15 Laundry Day 4 Corners (Here is a link to the article explaining Laundry Day and other formative assessment scenarios)
9:15-9:45 PDE SAS Assessment Builder
9:45-10:15 Formative Assessment

• Table Talk - What are hurdles that teachers reference regarding formative assessment?
• Google Classroom/Google Forms demonstration of Quiz/ Short Answer

10:15-10:30 Break
10:30-11:00 Tech Tools for Formative Assessment

• 2-4 Person Group for each tech tool.
• Work on a collaborative Google Doc to classify type of tool, highlight some pros/cons, create a sample and share: https://goo.gl/gz4h0H

11:00-11:45 Using Data to Guide Instruction

• Read the article "What Works: Research into Practice: Using Data"
  

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• Use one of the tools you learned about to create a formative assessment based on the article
• Share out with full group

11:45-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:30 Project-Based vs. Project-Centered Instruction: What's the Difference?

• Individual/table group self-directed learning
• Article - https://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-vs-pbl-vs-xbl-john-larmer
• Article - Deeper Learning https://www.districtadministration.com/article/school-district-destination-deeper-learning
• PBL Resource site - http://www.bie.org/objects/cat/rubrics (explore the rubrics)
• PBL Resource articles - http://www.bie.org/objects/cat/articles (read an article, record key points, write on sticky notes, chart around the room. Gallery walk.)

1:30-2:15 Creative playground: time to collaborate and plan a “take-away” - a PD session, a PLC idea, a meeting, a BDA cycle, etc. to apply the concepts from today’s workshop to their practice
May planning team: time to collaborate and plan May workshop activities
2:15-2:30 Reflection/Exit Ticket

MARK YOUR CALENDAR - NEXT YEAR'S WORKSHOPS

Wednesday September 13, 2017 IMS Room
Thursday October 12, 2017 IMS Room
Monday November 13, 2017 ROGERS Room
Tuesday December 12, 2017 SULLIVAN Room
Tuesday January 23, 2018 ROGERS Room
Wednesday February 14, 2018 ROGERS Room
Thursday March 22, 2018 SULLIVAN Room
Thursday April 26, 2018 IMS Room
Thursday May 24, 2018 IMS Room

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May 11, 2017 - Coaching Teachers in Culturally Responsive Teaching for ELL and Special Education Students

(ROGERS Room)

8:30-9:00 Arrival, sign-in, networking
9:00-9:10 Announcements, agenda overview

• PIIC PLOs 2017-18
• Book study

9:15-11:15 Coaching Teachers to Meet the Needs of ELL and Special Education Students; Cultural Relevance (Break approximately 10:15-10:30)
Ice Breaker: You Tube: “Monk Needs Help Opening Book” (5 minutes)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xmTTzCAALc

Do Now: What are challenges that ELLs might face in class? (10 minutes)

• Share with partner and then with group

Video: English Language Learner: Culture Equity and Language (5 minutes)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HU80AxmP-U

Reading: Jigsaw Article #1 “Consider Culture Before Referral of Culturally and linguistically Diverse Students for Special Education Services” (20 minutes)

• http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/consider-culture-referral-culturally-and-linguistically-diverse-students-special-education#video
• Each table will get a section of the article to read and share out what they learned

Video: “How Culture Can Impact Behavior in the Classroom” (5 minutes)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeMVNDWSVL4

Did You Know? Information shared from “Addressing ELLs’ Language Learning and Special Education Needs: Questions and Considerations” and “Some Myths Regarding ELLs and Special Education”

• Participants receive facts/myths on cards/strips to share with others in room in set time (5-7 minutes?)
• http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/addressing-ells%E2%80%99-language-learning-and-special-education-needs-questions-and-considerations
• http://www.colorincolorado.org/article/some-myths-regarding-ells-and-special- education

Case Studies: Think-Pair-Share (15-20 minutes)

• 3 Student Case studies with discussion questions are given to each table to read and discuss.

Video" A Look at Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning - Kratz Elementary School (10 minutes- watch and discuss)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uOncGZWxDc

Exit Ticket: What are the “take aways” for instruction for all learners? Write and discuss. (10 minutes)
11:15-11:30 Reflecting on this year's goals
11:30-12:45 Lunch
12:45-1:00 Celebrations
1:00-2:15 Coaching Cultural Relevance

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbBwM1c-6xM
• Christopher Emdin, author of “For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood...And the Rest of Y’all Too” was the first keynote speaker at SXSW (a huge nationwide convention for equity in education) - March 10-19, 2017. This is a video of his keynote address.

2:15-2:30 Reflection/Exit Ticket


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